Sir William Magnay, 2nd Baronet (1855 – 8 January 1917) was an English baronet and novelist.
Magnay was a son of Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet who was Lord Mayor of London. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1871. He was a prolific novelist, and published twenty-five novels before his death; a further three were brought out posthumously.
Magnay married in 1879, and was himself succeeded by his son Christopher Magnay, born 1884.
Works Magnay's publications included: The Red Chancellor Poached Peerage Honi Soit: an Original Play in Four Acts (1887) The Fall of a Star, a novel (1897) The Heiress of the Season (1899) Count Zarka; a Romance (1903) A Prince of Lovers; a Romance (1905) The Master Spirit (1906) The Amazing Duke : a Romance (1907) The Players: a Tragi-comedy (1913) The Cloak of Darkness (1917) The Hunt Ball Mystery (1918)
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Obituary: p. 152, The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918. p. 387, The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1860: by Robert Dod. London: Whitaker and Co., 1860. List of mystery novels at Mystery*File.
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